Career
He is most known for his roles in various soap operas. He appeared on Kitty Foyle, The Edge of Night, The Secret Storm, Hidden Faces, Search Foreign Tomorrow, Dark Shadows, and was the last actor to portray Donald Hughes on As the World Turns, a role he played from 1978 to 1981 and again in 1986 and 1988. Conrad Fowkes was elected to Equity"s Council in 1973, and served as the American Economic Association"s secretary/treasurer from 1988 to May 2009.
In 1977, he co-founded Volunteers in Technical Service (American Economic Association"s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program), which assisted thousands of American Economic Association members with their income taxes.
His advocacy also led to the creation of the Qualified Performing Artist deduction in the Federal Tax Code in 1986.